Analyzing HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI) and Sparta Commercial Services (OTCMKTS:SRCO)

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI) and Sparta Commercial Services (OTCMKTS:SRCO) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and Sparta Commercial Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	13.08%	12.80%	4.16%
Sparta Commercial Services	-490.70%	N/A	-204.88%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and Sparta Commercial Services, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	0	2	10	0	2.83
Sparta Commercial Services	0	0	0	0	0.00

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital currently has a consensus price target of $46.90, indicating a potential upside of 24.71%. Given HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital is more favorable than Sparta Commercial Services.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

96.1% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Sparta Commercial Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sparta Commercial Services has a beta of -0.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital and Sparta Commercial Services”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital	$400.50 million	12.06	$184.55 million	$0.35	107.45
Sparta Commercial Services	$240,000.00	20.41	-$2.12 million	($0.04)	-2.25

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Sparta Commercial Services. Sparta Commercial Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital beats Sparta Commercial Services on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the investment of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable infrastructure markets in the United States. The company’s portfolio includes equity investments, commercial and government receivables, real estate, and debt securities. It invests in climate solutions, including Behind-the-Meter, which distributes energy projects that reduce energy usage or cost through heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, as well as lighting, energy controls, roofs, windows, building shells, and/or combined heat and power systems; Grid-Connected, a renewable energy projects that deploy cleaner energy sources, such as solar, solar-plus-storage, and wind to generate power production; and Fuels, Transport, and Nature, a range of real assets spanning high-emitting economic sectors other than the power grid such as transportation and fuels comprising renewable natural gas plants, transportation fleet enhancements, ecological restoration, and other projects. HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland.

About Sparta Commercial Services

Sparta Commercial Services, Inc. develops, markets, and manages business websites and mobile applications for smartphones and tablets under the iMobileApp name. It offers mobile applications for vehicle dealerships, racetracks, private clubs, country clubs, schools and entertainment venues, restaurants, grocery stores, and various other merchant types. The company also owns and manages websites, which sell motorcycle, recreational vehicle, and truck title history reports for consumers, retailers, municipals, nonprofits, auction houses, banks, and insurance companies; and designs, launches, maintains, and hosts websites for businesses, as well as provides text messaging services. In addition, it offers eCommerce, customer relationship management development and integration, search engine optimization, social media marketing, and online reviews website services to its clients. Further, the company provides an equipment-leasing product for local and state agencies that helps to finance their essential equipment needs, including police motorcycles, cruisers, buses, fire trucks, and EMS equipment; and a range of hemp-derived cannabinol products through newworldhealthcbd.com. The company was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in New York, New York.